IN THE NEWS.

Tragedy struck the gaming world Tuesday night when six players of a tabletop science-fiction military-strategy game were killed at the Dragon’s Den Game Grange on Bland Street. According to preliminary reports from city engineers, the building was not so constructed as to handle the weight of the 187,024-page rule book the players were attempting to consult to resolve a dispute over whether a deciduous tree counted as ½ cover or ¼ cover if the game was set in late autumn. Family members have announced that funeral games will be held in the Consolidated Lead Brick Manufacturing Company warehouse in Chateau, whose floors are rated for a load of 1,850 pounds per square foot.